Cotonou, Benin, Aug 19, 2025 (AFP) - Bus accident toll in Benin rises to 27: authorities

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2025-08-19

At least 27 people have died in Benin after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River, rescuers and local press said Tuesday, updating the toll from the weekend crash that left over 40 missing. The director of the west African country's civil protection agency, Abdel Aziz Bio Djibril, told local Bip Radio that rescuers retrieved 23 bodies from the bus pulled from the water and another three from the river, adding to the one person found de......

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